Hunting for meteorites can be a high-octane race as private collectors and scientists go head-to-head, reveals a new book by ...

A new understanding of our relationship with our "friendly" gut microbes shows they actually have a dark side and help cause ...

Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but ...

The non-profit Arctic Ice Project was experimenting with using silica beads to slow ice melt in the Arctic, but tests showed ...

When spiders self-amputate two of their legs, they quickly adjust their running gait so they can return to full speed ...

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that followed the initial one ...

Many countries have made it illegal to possess nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, and research now shows the drug can be picked ...

Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...

Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooperation, and bonobos seem ...

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a ...

Male dolphins have been observed shooting jets of urine into the air and other dolphins seem to follow the stream, perhaps to ...

Taking a daily omega-3 supplement appears to slow down the rate of biological ageing by three months – and even more so if ...